[fedora-java] Re: /usr/share/eclipse/* -> %{_libdir}/eclipse/

[Andrew Haley]

Andrew Overholt wrote:
> * Nicolas Mailhot <nicolas.mailhot at laposte.net> [2008-06-27 15:17]:
>> Le vendredi 27 juin 2008 à 14:14 -0400, Andrew Overholt a écrit :
>>
>>> Does anyone have any thoughts on this?
>> I'd rather you worked with Fernando Nasser and the other guys in
>> Fedora's java place on common jar deployment rules, instead of
>> reinventing the private app root dead-end that makes sharing resources
>> next to impossible and encourages library forking and duplication
> 
> The JARs are 99% application-specific so putting them into a
> subdirectory makes sense to me and follows the guidelines we have in
> place.  We have no library forking or duplication of the dependent JARs,
> either.

I agree.  Eclipse's deployment problems are somewhat unusual.  Debian's
solution looks like a practical way to solve these problems.

Andrew.